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    E320 CDI Tailgate High Viz Brake Light

    I have cracked the lense (don;t ask!) on my estate tailgate brake light - fitted in the bodywork above the rear screen (not mounted on the glass). If I source a replacement (arm and a leg from Mercs, I've checked) is it possible to remove and replace without major surgery to the tailgate/trim...
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    E320 / S212 - Diesel Engine - Tickover Speed

    Smiley, many thanks, that's great news. The revs are perfectly smooth and steady. As for the wiffiness I suppose after 40 years of using petrol engined cars I've gotten used their particular 'aromas' and sounds so the diesel experience is all rather new. I must stay I am stunned by the car's...
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    E320 / S212 - Diesel Engine - Tickover Speed

    Thanks, so is the rpm I quoted about right 7/800 rpm at idle and can they be a bit niffy when first started?
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    E320 2001 - Fog Lights puzzle?

    Ok guys, you can relax and stop worrying about how I'm getting on with this. Both lamps are now working. It was a bit more that simply 'popping' the tailgate inner trim off. But I got it away enough to reach in and fiddle about with the bulb holder and in the distribution strips/connections. It...
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    E320 / S212 - Diesel Engine - Tickover Speed

    Perhaps I should have asked 'What is the recommended idle setting for an E320 CDI engine' ? Sorry if its a silly question chaps but I have not been able to find a reference elsewhere.
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    E320 / S212 - Diesel Engine - Tickover Speed

    Hi chaps. I'm new around here and posted a couple of threads on the Elecronics Forum last night so tonight I thought I'd pester the Engine forum. I bought my 2001 E320 CDI Estate last week (94k miles on the clock) and am working my way through the inevitable niggles. Its the first time that...
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    E320 2001 - Fog Lights puzzle?

    I'd forgotten about those Russian diagrams - found them once before when breathing life into my old C180. Thanks for the removal hints - I was hoping not to have to remove the trim - always hit and miss whether you snap a retainer or something and everythings never the same again - but if that's...
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    W210 Digital Clock in the instrument pod

    Thanks for clarifying Diesel Benz. On reflection this sounds like a '5 minute job that has the potential to take all day and then end in tears' job (Haven't we all been there?). On balance I think I will leave well alone and be thankful its only the clock (for the moment... eek!?) that's gone...
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    E320 2001 - Fog Lights puzzle?

    Ah, so its an S210, thank you. I mean the cluster that is mounted in the tailgate - that is where the rear fog light is located. Do you know how to get the cluster out of the its mounting in the tailgate? Reverting back to your earlier response saying "The rear one isn't connected so needs...
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    W210 Digital Clock in the instrument pod

    Another feature of my nice E320 - W210 Variant relates to the digital clock in the instrument pod. The digital readout is 'garbled/scrambled/doesn't work'. By using the 'change the time' routine it is possible to see something happening - like the top half of a number 2 or part of another number...
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    E320 2001 - Fog Lights puzzle?

    Thanks Dieselman. Do you know the 'trick' to remove the rear lamp cluster from a W210 Estate? As I siad, I managed to lift one side - adjascent to the door edge - but it remained otherwise connected in some way which wasn't apparent to me as to how and I didn't want to force the issue.
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    E320 2001 - Fog Lights puzzle?

    I'm kinda new around here and have been enjoying reading all these threads today, some of which have solved some mysteries, so I thought I'd join in. Just acquired a 2001 E320 CDI Estate (by the way, what 'W' is it - I had a C180 previously and never did crack the magic Mercedes Model code...
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